斎
斎 — Purification
purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike
On’yomiサイ (sai)
Kun’yomiとき (toki)
Kun’yomiつつしむ (tsutsushimu)
Kun’yomiものいみ (monoimi)
Kun’yomiいむ (imu)
Kun’yomiいわう (iwau)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 斎
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斎場 | さいじょう saijou | funeral hall; ceremony site |
| 書斎 | しょさい shosai | study; library; den |
Study notes
斎 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1155 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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